{"id":14431,"date":"2017-10-16T22:24:44","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T20:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=14431"},"modified":"2017-11-22T19:59:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T18:59:19","slug":"worcesterleather-and-dried-aronia-berries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=14431","title":{"rendered":"Worcesterleather and dried Aronia berries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1anjr\" data-offset-key=\"dcfqm-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"dcfqm-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"dcfqm-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">The best October berry here is a berry that I have concluded in the past is Worcesterberry, although I had received it as Jostaberry, see the following blog post from 2015, I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=2391\">http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=2391<\/a> (it is thorny which Jostaberry is not).<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"1anjr\" data-offset-key=\"5u76n-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5u76n-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5u76n-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"5u76n-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">During the PDC course at the weekend, the students helped harvest these berries in the garden..these are now drying in the oven for fruit leather, together with Aronia berries&#8230;<br \/>\n221117:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>I&#8217;ve been eating my Worcesterberries daily with breakfast almost every day&#8230;.yesterday, I harvested the last ones at -10C!! Added video of the worcestermarbles!<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5u76n-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"5u76n-0-0\">\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-14431 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14434'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790371.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14434\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790371.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790371-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14434'>\n\t\t\t\tI cooked the Worcesterberries briefly to break down the skin of the fruit a bit before pouring in to an oven tray to dry as fruit leather\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14432'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790374.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790374.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790374-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14432'>\n\t\t\t\tThe berries on the right are from Aronia melanocarpa \u201cMoskva\u201d. The berries on the left I&#8217;m using for the first time this year seed propagated as Aronia x prunifolia, which is a hybrid called purple chokeberry  in recognition of its purple berries (although Moskva have more purplish berries in this picture!). It is considered to be a natural hybrid between Aronia melanocarpa and Aronia arbutifolia.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14433'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790380.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14433\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790380.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790380-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14433'>\n\t\t\t\tDrying in the oven as the wood stove isn&#8217;t on yet!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14367'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790245-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14367\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790245-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790245-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790245-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790245.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14367'>\n\t\t\t\tA PDC&#8217;er picks Worcesterberries\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14368'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790246.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14368\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790246.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790246-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14368'>\n\t\t\t\t..another PDC&#8217;er picking Aronia melanocarpa\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14370'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790252.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14370\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790252.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790252-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14370'>\n\t\t\t\t..and yet another PDC&#8217;er picking Aronia melanocarpa\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14375'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790258.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14375\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790258.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790258-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14375'>\n\t\t\t\tPDC&#8217;ers picking Worcesterberries&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14376'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790259.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14376\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790259.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790259-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14376'>\n\t\t\t\tPicking Aronia x prunifolia\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14507'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"546\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790405.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14507\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790405.jpg 792w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790405-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14507'>\n\t\t\t\tDried Worcesterleather\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14508'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790413.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-14508\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790413.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/P1790413-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-14508'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8230;and dried Aronia berries!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon 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